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- sebastiaan56
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This is an instrument I am working on. The timber is Meranti/Merbau from Bunnies, pretty cool huh! I gave it a lick of epoxy because I was curious how it would look under finish.
What kind of binding would look good? It will have a plain WRC top (no rosette), ebony fretboard and bridge and a Silky Oak neck
This is some ivoroid, its the current front runner,
What kind of binding would look good? It will have a plain WRC top (no rosette), ebony fretboard and bridge and a Silky Oak neck
This is some ivoroid, its the current front runner,
make mine fifths........
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Lacewood looks pretty good with dark back and side wood.
Waddy
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I have started leaning toward the milder contrasting woods. Like maybe Koa or some light Tas Blackwood for this Meranti box.
You know, you've got to be careful Sebastiaan, you'll get a dozen conflicting opinions on this, and eventually, you'll have to tell us all to bugger off while you do whatever you want.
Dennis
You know, you've got to be careful Sebastiaan, you'll get a dozen conflicting opinions on this, and eventually, you'll have to tell us all to bugger off while you do whatever you want.
Dennis
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Is that wood Merbau or Meranti Sebastiaan?
They are quite different woods and it looks like Merbau to me - not Meranti.
The Meranti I have is very similar to light pink mahogany. And my deck is made from Merbau, which looks similar to your guitar.
I'm interested as the Merbau I've worked with seemed to be quite oily and I wondered how it glued.
They are quite different woods and it looks like Merbau to me - not Meranti.
The Meranti I have is very similar to light pink mahogany. And my deck is made from Merbau, which looks similar to your guitar.
I'm interested as the Merbau I've worked with seemed to be quite oily and I wondered how it glued.
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Martin,
Its a carved back, varies from 2.2 - 3.0mm. It works really well with the power carver attachent on my angle gringer I then cleaned it up with ascending grits with a sanding disc, and finished with 320 by hand.
Bob,
Could well be, I lost the sticker when Gerard Gilet cut it up for me. I thought the names were interchangable? It glues up fine with titebond and is quite good to bend at 1.8-2.0mm. Im stalking the racks looking for more as I really like the drama of the grain.
Thx Ron and Waddy, unfortunately business is very flat at the moment so I need to keep costs under control, so no imported timbers for a while. I have even had to put Tim S. off. Oh well. Love that Snakewood BTW.
Its a carved back, varies from 2.2 - 3.0mm. It works really well with the power carver attachent on my angle gringer I then cleaned it up with ascending grits with a sanding disc, and finished with 320 by hand.
Bob,
Could well be, I lost the sticker when Gerard Gilet cut it up for me. I thought the names were interchangable? It glues up fine with titebond and is quite good to bend at 1.8-2.0mm. Im stalking the racks looking for more as I really like the drama of the grain.
Thx Ron and Waddy, unfortunately business is very flat at the moment so I need to keep costs under control, so no imported timbers for a while. I have even had to put Tim S. off. Oh well. Love that Snakewood BTW.
make mine fifths........
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